Grifols SA ADR (NASDAQ: GRFS) is -2.69% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $5.30 and a high of $9.96 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The GRFS stock was last observed hovering at around $7.47 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.23%.
Currently trading at $7.24, the stock is -4.37% and -9.66% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.08 million and changing -3.08% at the moment leaves the stock -7.26% off its SMA200. GRFS registered -1.23% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -10.17%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $8.0146 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $7.8067.
The stock witnessed a -1.23% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.92%, and is -4.74% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.93% over the week and 3.80% over the month.
Grifols SA ADR (GRFS) has around 23744 employees, a market worth around $1.86B and $7.11B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.87 and Fwd P/E is 7.55. Profit margin for the company is 2.40%. Distance from 52-week low is 36.60% and -27.31% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.08%).
with sales reaching $1.86B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 80.35% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.26% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 5.28% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 257.44M, and float is at 257.30M with Short Float at 1.44%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with over 20.89 million shares valued at $131.71 million. The investor’s holdings represent 3.0761 of the GRFS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP with 18.6 million shares valued at $117.24 million to account for 2.7384 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PERMIAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP which holds 14.1 million shares representing 2.0758 and valued at over $88.88 million, while MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC holds 2.0504 of the shares totaling 13.92 million with a market value of $87.79 million.
